With over twenty years in architectural lighting design and several years as a theatrical lighting designer, Faith Baum brings a passion and understanding of light to her roles as principal and founder of Illumination Arts.  Her depth of experience includes all aspects of architectural lighting design, from concept development to realization of those concepts.

Faith has designed the lighting for a wide variety of projects, including The National Audubon Society Headquarters; Hoboken Ferry Terminal Clock Tower; Columbia University’s School of Social Work; Veterans Glass City Skyway in Toledo; and The Salvation Army’s Montclair Citadel in New Jersey.  Her recent commissions include signature bridges across the country, interiors and exteriors of office towers and other structures, ecclesiastical venues, academic facilities, retail venues, and museum exhibits. Her lighting designs for signature bridges have appeared in publications as varied as Bridge Design & Engineering magazine, Mondo Arc magazine, Structure magazine and the Buffalo News.  She has also volunteered her services for beautification projects in her hometown of Maplewood, New Jersey.  

Excellent at explaining the ephemeral qualities of lighting design to a lay audience, Faith has been a speaker at industry conferences and public design charettes.  She has conducted seminars, taught workshops and participated in panel discussions organized by the International Association of Lighting Designers, NeoCon, Busch Entertainment, the International Bridge Conference, the Illuminating Engineering Society of New York and the Designer’s Lighting Forum of New York.  

Faith holds the accreditation of Lighting Certified (LC) by The National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP), the only nationally recognized certification program for architectural lighting designers.  She is a LEED® Accredited Professional with the U. S. Green Building Council and is an active Professional Member of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD).  A former Board Member of the Designers Lighting Forum of New York, Faith also served two terms on the Membership Committee of the IALD.  She was on the Ethics Committee of the IALD from 2000-2007 and, as part of her responsibilities, participated  in the rewriting of the organization’s ethics guidelines. 

Faith was recently honored by NJBiz magazine as one of the 50 Best Women in Business.  She has a B.A. from New York University and studied Theatrical Design at the Polakov Studio of Stage Design.  She is a member of Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) and the U.S. Green Building Council New Jersey Chapter and is a volunteer Ambassador with the Newark Regional Business Partnership.  Faith is also a member of the Transportation Research Board’ s Bridge Aesthetic Subcommittee.